Szabo & Associates News & Updates

The prospect of raising legal action to contest what someone has written in their Will can be a very daunting one. You will likely be concerned with what others think of you, and how they may react to the news that the last wishes of someone that was dear to you all, are being challenged. This is entirely understandable, and most people would feel the same way. There are very strict rules about the circumstances where the terms of someone's will can be contested, and it is important to understand what these are before taking any concrete steps to do so.

A successful Queensland business woman has become embroiled in a bitter inheritance dispute with her sister, reports the Courier Mail.

A new approach to domestic and family violence is being rolled out across NSW that involves giving doctors greater powers to help victims.

The recent budget set out by the Australian Government contains a number of measures that could have a significant impact on the housing market across Australia, and particularly in Sydney and other major cities where affordability has become a serious issue for many.

Australia’s High Court has ruled in the case of two brothers of divorced parents, deciding that they do not have the right to choose which parent they live with. After a separation in 2010, living arrangements were made which were in the best interests of all parties. Problems arose, however, when the father took the boys on holiday to the United States in January 2016, and later informed the mother of his intention to remain there, indefinitely, with the boys. A judge ordered the boys’ immediate return to Australia, and an appeal made to the High Court by the father to overturn this ruling was rejected.